One of the most powerful opinion-makers in the US has sharply broken with Donald Trump.
Joe Rogan, the most popular podcaster in the world, has compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "the Gestapo".
"You don't want militarised people in the streets just roaming around snatching people up, many of which turn out to actually be US citizens that just don't have their papers on them," Rogan said in his latest episode.
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"Are we really going to be the Gestapo? 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
He was specifically critical of the ICE shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good.
"It's also very ugly to watch someone shoot a US citizen, especially a woman, in the face," Rogan said.
"When people are saying it's justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away."
Rogan had previously endorsed Trump to be president in 2024, a moment seen as pivotal to his election chances.
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The support from Rogan has been vital to Republicans.
The podcaster has a vast support base among an elusive demographic - men who don't otherwise follow the news.
But Rogan's view on ICE appears to be in line with American opinion at large, according to a new poll.
A survey from SSRS found just 26 per cent found the shooting of Good to be an appropriate use of force.
Fifty-one per cent said ICE was making cities less safe, with only 31 per cent saying it was making cities safer.
And an Economist/YouGov poll found Americans supported abolishing ICE 46-43 per cent.
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Rogan is not alone among prominent podcasters who previously supported Trump.
Theo Von also distanced himself from the Trump administration's immigration policies in September.
And Andrew Schulz said he regretted voting for Trump.
The actions of ICE appear to have been detrimental to the president's popularity in recent weeks.
There are around 2400 ICE agents patrolling Minnesota's Twin Cities at present.
By contrast, there are only 600 serving officers in the Minneapolis Police Department.
Local and state politicians have repeatedly asked the federal government to take ICE agents out of Minneapolis but their demands have been ignored.
Yesterday, ICE agents dragged a woman out of her car and arrested her as she was trying to drive to a doctor's appointment.
They smashed her car window, cut her seatbelt and forced her to the ground in the confrontation filmed by protesters.
ICE are only permitted to detain undocumented immigrants, but the woman was a US-born citizen, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
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